Whether you are busy or idle, time never waits in the same place.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the heavy snow quietly came.

Zhu Youzhen, who had been busy all day, was sitting around a small table with Zhou, eating hot pot.

"Zitong, eat a little less chili, eat too much and get hot."

"Zitong, your beef slices are only delicious when they are dipped in ingredients."

"Zitong, it's okay to burn this hairy belly a little, and you can't chew it after a long time."

Zhu Youzhen turned into a food explainer and kept explaining how to eat to Zhou Yufeng.

Zhou Yufeng ate slowly, with a happy smile on his face.

"Hooray, drink less. Drinking too much hurts your body. ”

"It's okay, I'm happy today."

He is really happy that this year is much better than last year.

People always look to the future at the beginning of the new year. He is not exempt from vulgarity.

He hoped that the nomads in the north would become singing and dancing, and that the wild boar skins in the white waters of Montenegro would fall in love with farming.

And the monkeys in the south, the bugs on the other side of the sea.

If he can live a little longer, he plans to break his wrists with the Empire and rob the black slaves and Ah San.

At this time, Spain was in decline, and the British Empire was still fighting among itself.

Everything was just right.

Zhu Youzhen had a good New Year, and Zhou Yufeng's belly grew bigger day by day. He was both ecstatic and nervous, and father was a wonderful title.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, he found the all-round genius Song Yingxing.

"Song Qing, how many workers are there in the cement factory right now? How much cement can be produced per day? ”

"There are less than 500 people, and if they are in full production, they can produce 300,000 catties of cement a day."

"Can it be scaled up?"

"Your Majesty, this is already the limit of this factory. If you want to increase production capacity, you have to build a new plant. ”

"Then build, you are responsible for the site selection, the bigger the better."

"Yes! Your Majesty, what about the cement that was produced before? ”

"I have an arrangement. You'll find out in a few days. ”

"Yes!"

He planned to use cement to build the road from the capital to the military academy first, which could be regarded as a pilot. Let the world see the benefits of cement.

Then he integrated some of the skilled steelworkers under Song Yingxing, the musket-making craftsmen under Bi Maokang, and the artillery-making craftsmen under Sun Yuanhua to establish an arsenal. The address is located near the Lugou Bridge.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, all the first batch of military cadets who returned home to the province returned to Beijing.

On the playground of the military academy, Zhu Youzhen once again stood in front of the queue of two classes. Looking at the energetic students, he said loudly.

"Hello students!"

"Hello Headmaster!"

"Count!"

The students' queues are still neat, and their shouts are still sonorous. Zhu Youzhen nodded with satisfaction.

"Two things! First, I have ordered the Ministry of War to confer an officer on you, and you will be notified of your appointment at the end of the month. The second piece is to draw lots. Nine students were selected to stay in the military academy as teachers, and the positions and salaries of the people drawn were the same as those of everyone else. ”

There was no reaction on the faces of the students in both classes, but they were secretly praying in their hearts.

Don't draw me.

Zhu Youzhen took out the lottery box prepared in advance and put it in front of everyone.

"Let's get started."

A moment later, the results came in.

Xu Yanqi, Liang Xingzhi, Ning Yigui and other nine people stood in front of the queue.

Zhu Youzhen ordered the others to disband, leaving the nine people in front of him.

"This is the first class of students I have ever led, and it will be the last. I know that you all want to expand your territory on the battlefield and make contributions. Three years, after three years, you are free to choose where you want to take up your position, and you will be promoted to the next level. Right now, I want to hand over the future of the Ming army to you, are you confident that you will cultivate excellent talents for me? ”

"Yes!" If the mood of the nine people was a little low just now, after listening to Zhu Youzhen's words at this moment, they felt a lot better.

Three years is fleeting, and you can be promoted to the next level, how good.

After returning from the military academy, he issued an edict.

Mainly about the enrollment of the Daming Royal Military School.

In this phase, it is planned to enroll about 200 students. It is divided into advanced class, intermediate class, and beginner class.

The age range for the advanced class is 13 to 15 years old, and the duration of the school is three years.

The age range for the intermediate class is 10 to 12 years old, and the duration of the school is six years.

The age range for the junior class is seven to nine years old, and the duration of the school is nine years.

There are three types of applicants.

Noble heirs.

Descendants of generals.

and the children of the tenant farmers of Huangzhuang.

At the end, another one was added. Those who have experience in studying in military academies will be given priority in promotion.

If they were just going to read a book, these nobles would not be interested in the slightest. It is not difficult to rely on one's own title to find a future for one's children and grandchildren. But the last one made them unable to sit still. Will these mud-legged men ride on their own heads in the future?

Some people planned to petition for the sparseness, but Zhu Youzhen directly sent someone to spread the word.

"If you don't want to go up, you can't go on!"

Above! Why not go on? But I don't dare to say that the qualifications of those descendants of farmers will be cancelled. I had to pinch my nose and admit it.

More and more people signed up, and eventually had to increase the number of places by forty.

Among them, the competition among tenant farmers is the most intense.

On February 18, the military academy opened.

On this day, the gate of the military academy can be described as a crowd of traffic, with all kinds of people in the east and west. The parents, guards, and family members who came to see them off were more lively than rushing to the market.

Xu Yanqi was leading people to maintain order at the door. At this moment, a richly dressed woman was shouting at him.

"Why don't you let me bring it, what if my child can't eat well? Are your bedding warm? Are your dishes and chopsticks clean? If the child has a good one, can you afford it? ”

Xu Yanqi, who had always smiled, frowned tightly at the moment, obviously extremely irritable. Before the woman finished speaking, Xu Yanqi stood on the steps and shouted at everyone:

"I repeat! Students are not allowed to bring anything into the school except for the clothes they are wearing! In addition, it is not allowed to bring domestic servants and guards into the school, which is the rule of the school! ”

"The rule is that the dead are alive, and our children come to school to learn their skills, not to suffer!" The woman was energetic, and stood in front of Xu Yanqi again and shouted.

"This is the rule set by His Majesty! Are you sure you want to change it? Xu Yanqi stared at the woman and said word by word.

"No, don't dare—" The woman involuntarily took a step back.

She is Zhu Chunchen's concubine, and she pretended to be confused to see if she could use some privileges, but everyone moved the emperor out, and she was no longer interested, looking for death.

After a lot of noise all morning, all the students finally entered the campus.

Xu Yanqi and the others first took them to the cafeteria for dinner, then sorted out the queue for them, and then assigned their respective dormitories according to their classes.

After all this, I took them on a tour of the campus.

Finally, a day passed, and after inspecting the dormitory, Xu Yanqi and several people got together.

"My mother, I'm more tired than training!"

"yes, these kids are so noisy."

"Those peasant families are very honest, but those from noble families have to practice well." Xu Yanqi arrived.

"I see that these noble families are all second sons or concubines, what's the matter?" Ning Yigui said curiously.

"You are stupid, your son-in-law or eldest son is waiting to inherit the title, what kind of military school do you go to?"

"Makes sense!"

Naturally, what happened in the military academy couldn't be hidden from Zhu Youzhen, but he believed that Xu Yanqi had the ability to handle it well, and he didn't care about it at all.

Tomorrow has something very important.

He needs to be well prepared.

Zheng Zhilong is here!